Miles Ahead

"I don't like that word, "jazz". Don't... Don't call it "jazz", man. That's some made-up word. Trying to box somebody in. Don't call my music "jazz". It's social music."

"If you gonna tell a story, come with some attitude"

"Beyond cool, beyond jazz, beyond passion, lives the music."

"A film as daring as the man."

"Don Cheadle — Miles Davis"

"Emayatzy Corinealdi — Frances Taylor"

"Ewan McGregor — Dave Braden"

"Michael Stuhlbarg — Harper Hamilton"

"LaKeith Stanfield — Junior"

"Austin Lyon — Justin"

"Jeffrey Grover — Gil Evans"

"Joshua Jessen — Bill Evans"

"Theron Brown — Herbie Hancock"

"JT Thigpen — Paul Chambers"

"David Kettlehake — Cab Driver"

"Mark Angel II — Driver and Background Pedestrian"

"Derek Snow — Harold Lovett, Miles' lawyer"

"Jon "Swing" McHale — himself"

"Morgan Wolk — Erica"

"Mark Turkeltaub — Cop #1"

"John Griffin — Cop #2"

"Mike Dennis — Beat Cop"